Article: Belarus News (Daily News Briefs: JAN 20, 2004).

LITHUANIAN CRASH PLANE TRANSPORTED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS - INVESTIGATION

The investigation reckons, the Lithuanian plane, which crashed in the marshland near Grodno, was used by a criminal group for transporting illegal migrants, Interfax learnt from investigator of the national transport prosecution Petr Digilevich.

Currently, the inquest is trying to identify the owner of the aircraft, which was found crashed near the village of Ozery, Grodno region by Lithuanian law enforcers.

The inquest proved, the plane was not registered by any Lithuanian airline, which means it had "no official permission for flights." As a result, they managed to identify ...

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